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Britain's military says its soldiers in Afghanistan have been issued with surveillance drones so small they can fit in the palm of your hand.

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The Scandinavian-designed Black Hornet Nano weighs
as little as 16 grams - the same as a finch. 10-centimetre-long
helicopter is fitted with a tiny camera which relays still images
and video to a remote terminal.

The military quoted Sgt. Christopher Petherbridge,
with Britain's Brigade Reconnaissance Force, as saying troops used
the drone "to look for insurgent firing points and check out
exposed areas of the ground before crossing."

The ministry said Sunday that the Black Hornet was
developed by Norway's Prox Dynamics AS as part of a 20 million
pound ($30 million) contract for 160 units with southern England's
Marlborough Communications Ltd.